Finding 1225992 (2025-004)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
I
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-08-06
Audit: 408648
Organization: City of Osseo (WI)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City lacks adequate internal controls for compliance with procurement requirements as outlined in 2 CFR Part 200.
  • Impacted Requirements: The City’s procurement policy is missing key elements such as open competition and conflict of interest provisions.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The City should review and update its procurement policy to align with Uniform Guidance and implement necessary internal controls.

Finding Text

Finding: 2025-004 Procurement Policy Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture Federal Program Name: Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities Assistance Listing Number: 10.760 Federal Award Year: 2025 Type of Finding: Material weakness in internal control over compliance, other matters. Criteria or Specific Requirement: 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Award requires compliance with the provisions of procurement. The City should have internal controls designed to ensure compliance with those provisions. Condition: During our testing, we noted the City did not have adequate internal controls designed to ensure compliance with procurement requirements. Questioned Costs: None Context: The Uniform Guidance requires governmental entities to have procurement policies that address specific elements, including: the five procurement methods, open competition, conflicts of interest, avoidance of unnecessary or duplicative items, contracting with small and minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms. During our testing, it was noted that the City’s procurement policy, although approved by the award oversight agency, did not contain all the required elements as set forth by CFR 2, Part 200, Subpart D. Cause: The City relied on guidance provided by the award oversight agency during the procurement process. Effect: The potential exists that compliance requirements are not being met if the City is not familiar with Uniform Guidance compliance requirements. Repeat Finding: This audit finding was reported in the prior year as finding 2024-003. Recommendation: The City should be familiar with compliance requirements outlined by Uniform Guidance and design controls to ensure procurement requirements are met. Views of Responsible Officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.

Corrective Action Plan

To Federal Awarding Agency The City of Osseo, Wisconsin respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended December 31, 2025. Audit period: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 The findings from the schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in the schedule. FINDINGS—FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT MATERIAL WEAKNESSES 2025-001 Limited Segregation of Duties Recommendation: The City should continue to evaluate its staffing in order to segregate incompatible duties whenever possible. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action planned in response to finding: The City will continue to work to achieve segregation of duties whenever cost effective. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Stephanie Nelson, Clerk/Treasurer. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: The activities outlined above will be completed by December 31, 2025. 2025-002 Material Audit Adjustments Recommendation: The City should continue to evaluate its internal control processes to determine if additional internal control procedures should be implemented to ensure that accounts are adjusted to their appropriate year end balances in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action planned in response to finding: The City will continue to rely upon the audit firm to propose audit adjustments necessary to adjust accounts in accordance with GAAP. Management will review and approve these entries prior to recording them. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Stephanie Nelson, Clerk/Treasurer. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: The activities outlined above will be completed by December 31, 2025. 2025-003 Annual Financial Reporting under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Recommendation: The City should continue to evaluate its internal staff and expertise to determine if an internal control policy over the annual financial reporting is beneficial. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action planned in response to finding: The City will continue to rely upon the audit firm to prepare the annual financial statements and related footnote disclosures in accordance with GAAP. Management will review, approve and accept responsibility for these financial statements and related footnote disclosures prior to issuance. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Stephanie Nelson, Clerk/Treasurer. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: The activities outlined above will be completed by December 31, 2025. 2025-004 Procurement Policy Recommendation: The City should be familiar with compliance requirements outlined by Uniform Guidance and design controls to ensure procurement requirements are met. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action planned in response to finding: The City will review procurement policies and procedures and adopt necessary changes to meet the requirements of Uniform Guidance. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Stephanie Nelson, Clerk/Treasurer. Planned completion date for corrective action plan: The activities outlined above will be completed by December 31, 2025. Any questions regarding these corrective action plans can be directed to Stephanie Nelson, Clerk/Treasurer, 13712 8th Street, Osseo, WI 54758 or 715-597-2207.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Questioned Costs Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Material Weakness Special Tests & Provisions

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.760 WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES $3.22M